Research Question: How does school lunch effect the student body? Contributed by: Daniel Agnello Do School Lunches Contribute to Childhood Obesity?
Summary:
This article disgusses the differences between the health of students who bring lunch to school and those who recieve their food through some sort of school lunch program. This is important because it shows that the food that is eaten from school is worse for you than food from home and contributes to obesity in the students. According to the NHANES food diary, students who buy lunch at school consume a daily 40-120 calories more than the students who brings lunch. Although this is not a drastic amount it puts students at a 2-4 higher obesity percentile amongst students. Diane Whitmore argues "if children who eat different types of lunches enter school with similar levels of obesity, but after a few years end up with different obesity rates by school lunch type, this may indicate that school lunches contribute directly to obesity." The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study – Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) is a panel data following children from kindergarten through first grade, collected by the US Department of Education. It is a study that observed 1000 different schools and 15000 different people. Her findings concluded that in fact, children who began to consume school lunch raised obesity status by average 2.4 percentile leap.
Reaction:
I think this article is very useful because it shows that the food that students consume at school is not horrible for you, but it increases chances of obesity. Eating a packed lunch is indeed better for you however, Diane Whitmore also points out that packed lunch is more expensive for parents. Children who have unemployed parents, and have also been put through daycare are more likely to be a part of school lunch programs making them more likely to be obese.
Rethinking School Lunch
Summary:
The department of Agriculture recognizes that school lunches are typically high in saturate fats and salts. This causes an increase in obesity among students. The writer of this article, Arthur Agatston, is the cardiologist and creator of the famous South Beach Diet. He has started a healthier diet for school lunch programs that lower use of meat and cheeses and increase fruits and vegetables. Instead of unhealthy bread and french fries he has proposed use of sweet potatoe fries and whole grain bread. After being used in 79 schools in 7 states across the nation, schools have reported not only students staying closer to a healthy weight, but also higher math test scoring. Also, teachers have mentioned that students that once crashed after lunch due to a "sugar high" have stopped.
Reaction:
This article is written by a very prominent nutritionist. I think this article is very informative and by schools modifying lunch programs it shows that previous lunch programs that were high in saturated fat and salt are detrimental to both the student body and their performance while in school. If more schools modified unhealthy aspects of the food they supplied, such as changing french fries to sweet potatoe fries, obesity among children would drop and academic performance would increase. This article proves a direct corrilation between lunch food and childhood obesity.
Voiland, Adam. "Rethinking School Lunch." U.S. Journal. Volume 145 Issue 10. Accessed 2008-11-30 23:46:36.
Nutritional Improvements and Student Food Choices
in a School Lunch Program Summary:
"Ninety-nine percent of U.S. public schools and 83% of public and private schools combined participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). These schools receive cash subsidies and commodities from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for each meal served. In return, they are supposed to satisfy USDA’s nutritional requirements and provide free or reduced-price lunch to eligible children."
Although most schools supply healthy options such as vegetables, fruit, salad, milk, and apple juice, most students still eat unhealthy foods daily such as cheeseburgers, pizza, and soda. "Two reporters visiting six schools in New York City and Montgomery County, Maryland (an affluent Washington, DC, suburb), observed hundreds of students eating lunch and saw only five who took the green vegetable offered with the full meal (Becker and Burros 2003). "
Most schools to supply all children depend on a cost effective purchase of high processed foods from major food vendors that require only heating to prepare, rather than freshly made food. Many schools have vending machines with candy and soda. In 2005 researchers Anderson and Butcher distinguished a direct correlation between schools with vending machine contracts and students with a high body mass index.
Reaction:
After reading this article i realized that it is not entirely the schools fault. Many schools do support the students with healthy lunch choices however, students chose not to pick those foods in the lunchline, rather the more unhealthy, but more appetizing, foods. Schools substitute healthy and fresh food plans for cost effective pre-made food that is not particularly healthy for students and is high in saturated fat and oils. Once again, school lunch programs contribute to student obesity.
The National School Lunch and Competitive Food Offerings and Purchasing Behaviors of High School Students Summary:
The National School Lunch Program(NSLP) promotes a wide variety of food. A research team took data from 3 different schools in a county classifying each food item as green, yellow, or red. Green being the most nutritious and red being least. 83% of food purchased was red. This is a huge portion which shows that students actively chose unhealthy things even though they are supplied by the NSLP with healthy food.
Snelling, Anastasia M. "The National School Lunch and Competitive Food Offerings and Purchasing Behaviors of High
School Students." Journal of School Health. Volume 77: Issue 10. Accessed 2008-12-01 01:03:13
Contributed by: Daniel Agnello
Do School Lunches Contribute to Childhood Obesity ?
Summary:
This article disgusses the differences between the health of students who bring lunch to school and those who recieve their food through some sort of school lunch program. This is important because it shows that the food that is eaten from school is worse for you than food from home and contributes to obesity in the students. According to the NHANES food diary, students who buy lunch at school consume a daily 40-120 calories more than the students who brings lunch. Although this is not a drastic amount it puts students at a 2-4 higher obesity percentile amongst students. Diane Whitmore argues "if children who eat different types of lunches enter school with similar levels of obesity, but after a few years end up with different obesity rates by school lunch type, this may indicate that school lunches contribute directly to obesity." The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study – Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) is a panel data following children from kindergarten through first grade, collected by the US Department of Education. It is a study that observed 1000 different schools and 15000 different people. Her findings concluded that in fact, children who began to consume school lunch raised obesity status by average 2.4 percentile leap.
Reaction:
I think this article is very useful because it shows that the food that students consume at school is not horrible for you, but it increases chances of obesity. Eating a packed lunch is indeed better for you however, Diane Whitmore also points out that packed lunch is more expensive for parents. Children who have unemployed parents, and have also been put through daycare are more likely to be a part of school lunch programs making them more likely to be obese.
http://www.aeaweb.org/annual_mtg_papers/2005/0107_0800_0104.pdf.
Rethinking School Lunch
Summary:
The department of Agriculture recognizes that school lunches are typically high in saturate fats and salts. This causes an increase in obesity among students. The writer of this article, Arthur Agatston, is the cardiologist and creator of the famous South Beach Diet. He has started a healthier diet for school lunch programs that lower use of meat and cheeses and increase fruits and vegetables. Instead of unhealthy bread and french fries he has proposed use of sweet potatoe fries and whole grain bread. After being used in 79 schools in 7 states across the nation, schools have reported not only students staying closer to a healthy weight, but also higher math test scoring. Also, teachers have mentioned that students that once crashed after lunch due to a "sugar high" have stopped.
Reaction:
This article is written by a very prominent nutritionist. I think this article is very informative and by schools modifying lunch programs it shows that previous lunch programs that were high in saturated fat and salt are detrimental to both the student body and their performance while in school. If more schools modified unhealthy aspects of the food they supplied, such as changing french fries to sweet potatoe fries, obesity among children would drop and academic performance would increase. This article proves a direct corrilation between lunch food and childhood obesity.
Voiland, Adam. "Rethinking School Lunch." U.S. Journal. Volume 145 Issue 10. Accessed 2008-11-30 23:46:36.
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Nutritional Improvements and Student Food Choices
in a School Lunch Program
Summary:
"Ninety-nine percent of U.S. public schools and 83% of public and private schools combined participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). These schools receive cash subsidies and commodities from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for each meal served. In return, they are supposed to satisfy USDA’s nutritional requirements and provide free or reduced-price lunch to eligible children."
Although most schools supply healthy options such as vegetables, fruit, salad, milk, and apple juice, most students still eat unhealthy foods daily such as cheeseburgers, pizza, and soda. "Two reporters visiting six schools in New York City and Montgomery County, Maryland (an affluent Washington, DC, suburb), observed hundreds of students eating lunch and saw only five who took the green vegetable offered with the full meal (Becker and Burros 2003). "
Most schools to supply all children depend on a cost effective purchase of high processed foods from major food vendors that require only heating to prepare, rather than freshly made food. Many schools have vending machines with candy and soda. In 2005 researchers Anderson and Butcher distinguished a direct correlation between schools with vending machine contracts and students with a high body mass index.
Reaction:
After reading this article i realized that it is not entirely the schools fault. Many schools do support the students with healthy lunch choices however, students chose not to pick those foods in the lunchline, rather the more unhealthy, but more appetizing, foods. Schools substitute healthy and fresh food plans for cost effective pre-made food that is not particularly healthy for students and is high in saturated fat and oils. Once again, school lunch programs contribute to student obesity.
Grainger, Corbett. Nutritional Improvements and Student Food Choices in a School Lunch Program. Journal of Consumer
Affairs, Volume 42: Issue 2. Accessed 2008-11-30 23:50:31
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The National School Lunch and Competitive Food Offerings and Purchasing Behaviors of High School Students
Summary:
The National School Lunch Program(NSLP) promotes a wide variety of food. A research team took data from 3 different schools in a county classifying each food item as green, yellow, or red. Green being the most nutritious and red being least. 83% of food purchased was red. This is a huge portion which shows that students actively chose unhealthy things even though they are supplied by the NSLP with healthy food.
Snelling, Anastasia M. "The National School Lunch and Competitive Food Offerings and Purchasing Behaviors of High
School Students." Journal of School Health. Volume 77: Issue 10. Accessed 2008-12-01 01:03:13
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=27727751&site=ehost-live
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